Launched on 30 August 2021, it offers live streaming and an international television channel, delivering a variety of content, including news, lifestyle features, technology, travel shows, entertainment programming, cultural insights, food content, and documentaries.
[3] The MOC first publicly expressed interest in an international streaming service in July 2020, but a proposal involving the Public Television Service (PTS) was met with backlash that led to the proposal's abandonment, over criticism that it would be a vehicle for propaganda and constitute government interference with the PTS.
In August 2022, the National Communications Commission (NCC) announced that TaiwanPlus would be made available on local television for domestic audiences following the platform’s transfer to PTS.
[12] On 5 November 2024, a TaiwanPlus journalist reporting on the 2024 United States presidential election referred to Donald Trump as a "convicted felon".
[13][14] On the other hand, Shin Hung Lo (羅世宏), a Taiwanese media scholar, supported the report.